Computer/USB electrical question.

[Wiskey]

I bought an MP3 player I really like, the stupid thing however is it must be charged by plugging it into your computer's USB port.

I listen to it frequentally,.. all day at work, and when I'm at home, plus at the Gym, so the 15 hours it plays are used up practically every day, but I don't want to leave my computer on all night every night to charge this thing because of the ammount of power it uses.

Does anyone see any reason why I can't plug a 5V power supply into an old USB connector,.. hooking +5 to Pin 1, and Gnd to Pin 4 (that's the USB pinout) leaving the data connections as a N/C and charge it like that?

Thanks!
Whiskey

[tims]

not sure... can you charge it at work?

[AdamG]

buy the Ipod usb/120 home adaptor that is what I did, It works fine for me

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by tims

not sure... can you charge it at work?

I listen to it all day long at work,.. and when you plug it in it goes into a "Transfer mode" and you can't play music

Whiskey

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by AdamG

buy the Ipod usb/120 home adaptor that is what I did, It works fine for me

Huh,.. do you know what the pinout for that connector is? Do you know what the datalines are connected to? I might be able to buy the same thing for mine even though it's not an Ipod.

Whiskey

[ScruffyRubicon]

Here you go:

http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml

[ScruffyRubicon]

And yes, it will work.

[AdamG]

as long as you have a connection fro you player to a usb it will work